Explosive eruption

Lava flows from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi on March 10.Photo: DEVI RAHMAN/AFP (Getty Images)Dozens of volcanic eruptions in the last 60,000 years were larger than the massive 1815 eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora, the largest in…

Sped-up animated view of the eruption as seen from space on January 15.Gif: NASA/GizmodoIn 2015, new land emerged in the South Pacific, linking a pair of pre-existing islands, Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai. Hotel owner Gianpiero…